My wife got me cologne. I only wear it on dates with her... which I sadly only get to do two or three times a year (we have kids and baby sitters are bloody expensive).

Whereas my wife ooohs and aaaahs over the scent, I'm just as unlikely to have sex with my wife after a date than on any other night of the year... probably less because she always kills the mood by chattering with babysitter for an hour after the date ends.

CleanAndPure:My wife got me cologne. I only wear it on dates with her... which I sadly only get to do two or three times a year (we have kids and baby sitters are bloody expensive).

Whereas my wife ooohs and aaaahs over the scent, I'm just as unlikely to have sex with my wife after a date than on any other night of the year... probably less because she always kills the mood by chattering with babysitter for an hour after the date ends.

That's very alarming. I think you and I are married to the same woman.

When I was a sophomore in high school, my dad poured some cologne on the floor of my car in both the driver and passenger side right before I left to pick up a girl for our first date. It was terribly embarrassing. Driving with the windows down helped alleviate the odor only a little. I didn't get laid. I don't even think there was a second date.

Scent has a powerful link to memory and emotion, but if there is nothing special to tie that scent to then it is meaningless. So wearing it when going out and trying to get laid doesn't work because you're presenting the scent in a context that is as of yet meaningless to the person you're trying to woo. Unless of course that person had an ex they are still really fond of who wore the same scent... then you could get lucky.

I'm not sure if tracking sales would be a useful approach for examining the popularity of straight-man-smelly-stuff. I use English Leather, a couple of drops in the morning. At that rate, I estimate that my one bottle of it is going to last me 20 to 25 years.

browntimmy:GalFriday: Smelling good can a take an a man from a 6/7 to a 9/10 very quickly.It has to be a subtle smell and not too much.I like Derek Jeter's Driven. That smells so good.

I'm wondering if your type also likes the house smelling like scented candles.

Not really. That isn't to say that I don't enjoy a scented candle when I am in the bathtub, but I don't like overkill.My manfriend always smells so good, and he doesn't wear cologne. He says that it is his shaving soap that smells so good. I don't know what it is, but when a guy smells good, it is so sexy.

You can always tell the trends in cologne too. All guys wear the same sticky shiat for a couple of years. For a while it was Obsession, then for a while it was Joop. Not sure if the Hugo Boss thing is still happening. You can just walk around and smell the same funk coming off everyone. barf.

Breaker Moran:GalFriday: You are all doing it wrong. This is how you do it:

Very 80s. My high school reeked of Drakkar from 1982 through 1984 or so.

Mine did too.Before I entered into monogamy with the manfriend (about 2 years ago), I went on a date with a guy that reeked of Drakkar. I had to say no to a second date based on that fact alone. I was afraid that he would show up wearing parachute pants or worse, he would tight roll his jeans.